Safety-hanger for brake-beams.



Hi kENmG, A l SAFETY HANGER PoR-BRAM BEANS. f APPLICATION FILED 1uNE24`, 1914.

1,178,730, I 1 .Patented Apr. y11, 71916.* I

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H, KENmG. SAFETY HANGER FoR BRAKE BEANS.`

' n r APPLICATION FILED JUN'E 24, l9-14 1,178,730..

-Pateted Apr. r11,v 1916.

fUNIrnnfs- IIRIIN Kamine, or cLIr'roN roker., VIRGINIA..

SAFETY-timone ron BRAKE-snm.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

i To all z'tmay concern:

v sectional` 'view f of "almodification shows at modifie,ation` in which the brakel Beit Irnown that I, HERMAN KENnIG, a cit1zen of the United States, and a resident of Cliftonr Forge, Alleghany county, Virginia, have invented certain *new land useful a Improvements in Safety1Hangers for -lvrake-Beamaof which the followin is a specification, reference-,being had to t e'accompanying drawings, formingfa part of this specification.

This invention has :relation to certain novel improvements sin' safetyjhangers employed in connection withy freight cars and engine tanks; the primary object being to provide asimply constructed, readily attachable safety mechanism arranged to catch and support a brake beam when'the same becomes detached, preventing the beam from falling on the rails. v Another object to provide a special means for connecting a safety hanger to the spring seat' frame .of at conventionally constructed freight'car. i

With these and'other objects in view, the

present invention consists ip the, combination and arrangement of parts as. will be hereinafter moie fully 'described and iinally pointed out in the appended claims, itbeing further 'understood that changes inthe specific structure shown .and descrlbed may be madewithin the scopeof the claims, without departing from the s'plrit of the,

invention. y

In the accompanying drawingsformin a part of this specification, and 1n'v whlc like numerals of'reference indicate similar l parts in the several, v1ews,: Figure 1 shows a side View of a freight car truclrin which the brakev beam is' held above the spring seat. Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 1 with parts reinowffed.V `Fig; 3 shows ,a transverse beams are carriedbelow thespring seat, a s ring seatrame being shown in which the anges extend u Ward. 'Fig'. 5V shows a modification in W ich the spring seat frame has -its'llangbes directed downward, the brake beams being carried' below the spring seat. Fig. 6 shows 'a perspec tiveview oa spring seat frame' withtheconnected spring seats showing'fa safety'hanger made of iiatmetal Application led .Tune 24, V1.9M. Serial No..A 847,029.

' side flanges 10.

Patented Apr. 11, 1 91'6.

in position. Fig. 7`shows-a perspective'view i of a spring seat frame disclosing a. safety hanger made of angle iron. Fig. 8 shows,

the method of securing the pins holding the safety hangers to the bracketsgreat many freight train wrecks hlvc.

been caused owing to the brake beams, which are subject to great strain, becomingrde-v tached from the trucks and falling upon` the rails. In my4 present invention, I provide a ysafety han er arran ed to be ySecured below the brake `e'ams ofgfreight cars fof `conventional construction, the device not"` b exng applicable to car trucks of 'special design are `marked A.

In the drawings, the letter A. designates the car wheels, B the boxings, C the conventionally constructed diamond frame, while the letter D generally designates 'the angle iron spring seat frame ,as usually em loyedv in connection with a certain class of eight cars.

As shown in F comprises two 'parallel held a'ng e iron mein-1 bers, including the base ilanges 9.and the'` These members are ig. 6 the sprin ,Seat frame In Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive I showmy safety Ahanger as attached to a truck of conventional construction and in which the Wheels' at their ends by means of the spring seats-.l

, which are usually square iron plates or blocks having bolt operings 12 and 13, -so

that thespring seats can be properly secured .to the angle iron'members and the'spring's` These Y .springs Fcarry-a bolster 5, the spring 'sent F, in lturn to thel spring seats..

frame being held tothe bolster by means of are connected, these brake beams 7 `being ysuitable side bars a. Secured to the bolster i 5is a supporting bar 3 from theends off, which depend the brake beam hangers vwhich have their lower ends'securedto ,the',. 'brake shoes 4, to which the-brake beamsff? strengthened by mrans -oI a brace rod8,ia s, 1;

more clearly shown inl Fig.2.

In the operation ofthe brakes it usual thing for a hanger 6 or supporting barA 1p1? I l 3 to give way, permitting a brakeI beam-.7

the rail, thereby ,causing a wreck. .f l. In my invention I provi le n catch bm A 1,5

with its connected brace rodgS fallingupon zof a catch bar 15, thesecatch bars being used in sets of tivos, as shown. in Figs. 2, 6 andA i. These catch bars 15 may be in the form of a dat metal bar, as shown in Fig., 6, or be in the formv of .an angle iron 22, as shown in Fig.

In connection with a certain class of cars, the brake beams are held above the spring seats E, asV shown in Fig. 1 for instance, and Where this is the case, the catch bars 15 are held against the under face of the spring seat frames. Asshovvn' in the drawing, the spring seat frame includes two parallel side members 'comprising the .base flanges 9, 9

and the side'fianges 10. In some classes of cars thesev flanges 10. extend upward, as shown in Figs. 3 -`and hwhile 'in connection with other classes of cars' the vertical fianges extend doivnvvard, as' shown in Fig. 5.

Where the vflanges extend zupvvard, as

`shown in. Fig. d, for instance, ythe catch bars l5 are held against the underfaces of the base flanges 9, by means of suitable brachets lll, which are preferably made of strap metal. 'Asshowm these brackets are used inset-s of tivos, each having an opening of a size to snugly receive a catch bar. The

openingsv Which are indicated in Figs'. (i,v

i' andS are so located that when the brach etsle' are in position and carry a catch bar 'l 55, the' bars will be held against the under tace ofthe spring seat frame. As shown in Fig.' G 'one 'end 16 of each catch bar 15 is bent upward, the opposite end being straight, in order to facilitate shoving the catch bar through the openings After the bars have been 'placed in positionsa stud 17 is secured to the opposite ends by means of a suitable'nut 18, so that each catch bar 15 has an upturned end. 3, 4 and 5,'` these catch bars l5 extend below the brake beams 7, -so that incase these brake beams dropV 'they will. fall upon the catch bars: and be prevented from slipping ofi' by means of the uptnrned ends i6 and 17.

To hold the` catch bars to the frames, I providefthebase flanges 9, as well as the catch bars- 15, with the apertures through' which extend suitable pins 19, as shown in Fig. S, these pinsbeing held by means of av Cotter-pin 20. lIn order to give further security to these pins 19 I provide a keeper in the form-ot' a sheet metal strip 21 having an opening to receive. a pin 1?). The apertured end of this keeper 21 is located be tween a scflange 9 and a carrying'bar 15, as slionf'n in Fig. 8, the other end then being bentY over and made tor rest upon 'the hond ot' the pin, clearly shown 1n Figs. 6, 7 uid 8. Bythis means these pins 18 are securely locked "within their seats and frame.

As shown in Figs.

can onlybe removed after the member 21 `has been bent away.

In Fig. 7 Ishow a ymodification in which the catch bar 1s in the forni of an angle iron 22, arranged to pass through an L-shaped slot s', Within the hangers let, the carrying bar 22vbeing provided with an upstanding stud 17.

There the brake beams are located below' the spring seat E, as is the case in conneclength and these brackets hold the bars 15 l in the manner described. In order to hold the.-

catch .bars 15. in parallel spaced relation to the spring seat frame, I employ suitable bolts 25, which .pass through tubes 24:, these tubular members being interposed between the underface ofl the carrying frame and the tached to any freight car truck of conventional construction, by simply providing the angle iron spring seat frame with'four openings to receive the pins 19, insuring the catch bars .being properly held to the spring seat the catch bars and in certain instances, the.

The members 19 are secured 'by ymeans of the cotter pins 26 shown in Figs.

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brake could even be operated While the beam 1. In a: device of the character described,

a spring seat frame includingP parallel side and base flanges, each base flange having to secure by an aperture, oppositely positioned brackets' depending from said vertical flanges having Asuitable openings, a catch bar i passing through the openings within said brackets-i having upstandi'ng 'ends said catch bar having apertures registering with said flange apertures, a boltI passing through each set of apertures, anda keeper madeof pliable muterial having an aperture to receive said bolt, the upper end of said pliable member `said. brackets .having upstandin'g encis, and

means to hold said` catch bar to-said bracket. 10

In ltestimony whereof I aix my signas ture, 'in the presence of two Witnesses. HERMAN KENDIG. Vitnesses:

' C. P. NAIR, Jr.,

l. J. WERNER. 

